TY  - JOUR
T1  - Wrong medicine: Doctors, patients, and futile treatment
AU  - Thompson A
Y1  - 2012/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.66
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 514
EP  - 515
VL  - 307
IS  - 5
N2  - 
The second edition of Schneiderman and Jecker's Wrong Medicine is a vital contribution to the discussion on medical ethics and futility. In this extended essay arguing against treatment using futile interventions, the authors update their 1995 text with new examples and refreshed arguments in a practical attempt to “restore medicine's proper ends and reform medical practice.” In the past decade there has been increasing concern about the cost of medical care, but relatively little attention has been paid to the appropriateness of care. This book is a call for physicians, other health care professionals, and society to actively engage in the discussion of how to approach medical futility.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.66
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.66
ER  -